Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ENGIRDLE
Etymology
Verb
engirdle (third-person singular simple present engirdles, present participle engirdling, simple past and past participle engirdled)
To encircle as if with a girdle.
Synonyms
• engird
Anagrams
• deerling, eldering, lingered, reedling
Source: Wiktionary
En*gir"dle, v. t.
Definition: To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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